The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1949, Page 10

ci. ne & om oe ® *« a ae Sey ee ss © t,o 07S. 6. to%e Ge @ “See eee ks ee t,t : Michigan and $115,008,000, respectively « to the effective work of the Pleride Comeenacon and such able preadent advertisers tetets as Dick Pope thertems Peter Schaal Spree, the railroads, ene meny chambers of commerce, State Advertising inde- of Silver bus lines Whe Knows? 1. What is the population of Japan? 2. ? many Communists are Plorkte being publicized today} there in Japan? = newer before Another interesting fact in re- gard te 1948 Florida tourist travel ee he ead te all sections of the “tute Por a great many years the of such travel was over U.S. Highway No. | to Miami, but last RUSSELL KAY Learns Florida Equalled Caliternia In Travel Income st coast area had the | hewt eeaeom in ite history while the heaches end resorts of northwest Plortta boomed Interesting also the steady fTeawe shown im summer travel te thes state People are beginning te learn thet Florida has as much te offer es © summer playground the « m the has i winter, More and mre teins are coming to Florida feos thers avrvevne vacation afd eturning North to tell others ale at maitioned summer tmete, Gur cool nights, wonder- bathing, boating ard fishing end the delehts and pleasures tet attend visit to such at Silver Springs. Cy we Carden Weeki wachee Spr ing Mai ne and others. wertions as and ) ved milhon dollars meney f any state to ea ped inte lap, end Ploruda, tied for second place with Califorme in the national rr) towriet dollars, is Pabeeet om enviable position, We ehowld watch our step and ee to tt that nothing is done that lucrative business amd every effort should be made t provide fweilities that will hold i expand tourist business. Unfortunately crtizens fet to appreciate these tostiet doflars mean to us and can- sgalice the serious situation without them. tourists as take up parking pone ause prices to rise, fill hetele. towriet courts and restaur y annoy the year wit curtail tt any what aot v we would be in Seene folk look on feteanees. they Oh, tour olks who jon't help If the taxpayer wt eau ke that were to pide ml eve the tax money cut _ t towriets are paying jupon to pay the wn pocket wi that would now smi wa fifters vere Won be ear splittr And that brings on more statis- ' In a breakdown of state In publ ecently in the Tompa Morning Tribune, we learn tha? Meteriats paid $42,800,000 to the state m form of gasoline taxes st amether $16,000,000 in license s total of $58,800,000 pet by one taxpayers. Liquer drinkers paid $21,400,000 smh cigarette smokers $12,300,000, while race track followers con- twituted another $12,200,000 to the tate jackpot All other type of taxpayers paid in only$12,200,000. Se if vou will mull those figures Grocers hhhhhbeeeesssssssssabbs fr sq Coste lass of + 9%. By what name is Iva Toguri better known? 4. Who is now U. S. ambassa- dor to Russia? 5. Name the new U. S. mili- tary governor for Germany. 6. w many persons been executed for the, U. S. government? 7. Who is president of the USS.R.? 8. What U. S. possession is the most densely populated? 9. Name the two chief Hawaii- an exports. 10. Who succeeded Robert F. Wagner as senator from New York? The Answers 1. Approximately 78,000,000. 2. About 3,250,000 or 4.2 per- cent. 3. “Tokyo Rose”. 4. Admiral Alan G. Kirk. 5. John J. McCloy. 6. None. 7. Nikolai M. Shvernik. 8. Puerto Rico — 622 persons square mile as compared with 49 per square mile for the Continental United States. 9. Sugar and pineapples. 10. John Foster Dulles. Snakes, owls and hawks prey upon young jack rabbits. around in your mind for a little bit you will realize where we would be if all the tax revenue we receive from tourists for gas- oline, cigarette, liquor and racing were curtailed. We really nick them plenty and what they pay represents just that much that you and I as taxpayers are not paying } now but would have to pay if it; were not for our annual visitors. | gin Islands) for $25 million. The motorist in this state is paying far more than his share of the load and the money he pays should rightfully go toward the building and maintenance of high- ways and bridges. Too much of it now is being diverted to other! in Cleveland. purposes, if we do not watch our step the day will come when = A four-mile railroad near will find ourselves with a worn- out and dilapidated road system have treason by | NIE a eaeha en eS Thesinieioe iy A ae gi scan Steen st @HR ERY WEST CITIZEN _ _ in a, MILITARY MANPOWER IN ATLANTIC PACT,NATIONS StdentsBag Two Terrorists . JOHORE BAHRU, Malaya— (®)—Six new officers of the Ma- laya Regiment went out on*pa- trol as part of a jungle warfare course at the British Fat East Land Forees traimimg course. at Tampoih. They lay in ambush, as @ ; the instructors told them to do., ‘ Suddenly, three armed ‘and © ees of Squres that are informative, easy to understend and Anésine.* 3 tered’ Cosavenli ps as vee laud tm in the cureat balla of the Forde, Puiiciy _ poe ogo wm wh phe ant tse set upa rapid fire, killing wo. Two impresed me¢ im this report. One was thet A, AH in 1948 with @ travel income of $700, ‘Fie’ fisk Ainsricadk built steam wna The other was that New York State, not generally Hf \rocomotive to. draw passengers in though! of a® a tourist state, topped the nation @ travel in- the United States was the Tom Climate and soil permits only a small amount of farming in New | foundland. wre lt - : Mediterrdnean Sea ALGER . : (®) Wirephoto Map 36 PAGES’ THIS MAP LISTS MILITARY MANPOWER AVAILABLE in the Atlantic Bact nations of Europe IN COLOR: for use in caftying out plaris fo¥ Westerti European defense: Thesé plans are now being dis- e $ H | Send a postcard for your ; copy of this large, colorful, ate ; new book—“SoYou’reCanning”’. | giving full instructions on fruit-can- | ningand preserving, andinteresting | new recipes for jams, jellies, maraia- j lades, conserves, fri cussed by U. S. joint chiefs of staff in a series of talks with European military representatives. The Europear partners in fhe Aflanti¢ Pact already have, on papér af least, moré than 2,000,000 men in alt their. armed forces. They hope the United States will supply the arms and equip- ment they need. The figurés are baséd on an Associated Press sutvey with only estimates available in somé cases because of security resfriction. Russia and Soviet-dominatéd nation are shaded on the map. | SRS: phigoness TODAY IN HISTORY (Kriow America) 1735 — Beginning’ of historic Peter Zenger case involving fhe freedom of the press and Lawyer Andrew Hamilton, in New York. 1781—Col. Isaac Hayne, 36,! South Carolina patriot, hanged | by the British as a spy in Charles- | ton. | 1790—The Revenue Cutter Ser- | vice, later to become the U. S. Coast Guard, created by Act of Congress to protect the revenues — ten cutters and 200 men. t 1824—The Fox and Sauk In- dians, in treaty with the United States, set aside the so-called Half-Breed Tract in the Middle West for children of mixed In-' dian and white parentage. 1874—The First Summer As- sembly opens at Chautauqua, N. Y., as a Sunday ‘School Normal Institute. { 1914—Britain declares war on: Germany as Germans overryn| Belgium. 1916—Conclusion of treaty buy- ing the Danish West Indies (Vir- aie Boi sera eae = | Rice is becoming an important | erop on thé delta of the Rhone! River. ‘ i Mail The Citizen io Relatives ' In his lifetime Shakespeare was abused as the “pool poet ape.” The motto of South Dakota is “Under God the People Rule.” SS oj ee VICTORY CASH MARKET 1028 Truman Ave. We Deliver TEL. 1080 Libby's Corned Beef - 39 SPRY 3%" 85¢ HAND-PACKED : ——_—|] TOMATOES LGE. €AN LIBBY’S 1921—Army air service suc- cessfully demonstrates value of spraying a grove of insect-infest- | ed trees with poison powder from | a plane. — 1942—Big Ringling Circus fire Quincy, Mass., had the first iron rails, in the form of thin strap on with no money to rebuild it. When that happens it will be; “good bye” to a large percentage | of our profitable and income-pro-! ducing tourist business, so it is| something to think about. | Another thing we must be care- | ful about is increasing the tax burden on tourists. If we deliber- ately highjack them with taxes they will drift away from us, favoring other areas that treat them mere kindly. a --- SEALTEST PINEAPPLE The Sealtest FLAVOR-OF-THE MONTH for August ICE CREAM Get the Bost Get Sealtest! PEACHES ...29| >" DE szecxnvt Baby Foods 3 25¢ top of wooden rails. Autumn in 1949 comes Septem- ber 23, 4:06 a. m. Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAN and CUBAN Ex TRY A POUND TODAY a eee CAN DRESSED and DRAWN Smooth, pure, creamy goodness —that’s Sealtest Ice Cream... enjoy it in aif your favorite flavors! Sealtest tastes better Because it’s made better. Treat yourself to Sealtest often, the South’s Quality Ice Cream. wave TUNA FISH | 28c BUTTER. = 59| Magnolia Milk SUPER SUDS 23} “ 19¢e Brisket Rib Stew : 38c CHUCK ROAST| FRYERS POTATOES| BANANAS | MANGOES Su19e | » 10c |. = 19¢